Finger-bandage.



No. 835,980. PATENTED NOV. 13, 190s. B. A. PAROUBEK.

FINGER BANDAGE.

APPLICATION IILIJD JUNBG. 190s.

INVENTOH ATTORNEY W/TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

FlNGER-BANDAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed June 6,1906. Serial No. 320,370

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, BLAHOMRAF A. PAROU- BEK, of Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Finger-Bandage, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to finger-bandages such as are adapted to be applied to a sore finger. These bandages are usually made in cot form, and often they have been made with lacings along the side; but this permits dirt to get into the bandage, often to the discomfort and injury of the wearer. Another serious difficulty with most of the bandages is that the lacing or string which fastens the bandage to the finger and to the wrist has generally been arranged so that a part of the lacing comes inside the cot or bandage, and in this case it is likely to cause friction and in jury to the wearer.

The object of my invention is to overcome these difficulties and produce a finger-bandage which can be easily applied and adjusted, which has a slit or opening extending the whole length of the finger-bandage and along the back so that it will not interfere with the normal movements of the hand, and especially will not interfere with adjoining fingers, and, further to construct the device so that the adjusting cord or string shall not come at any point to the interior of the bandage where it can contact with the finger.

To this end my invention consists of a finger-bandage, the construction of which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bandage as applied to the finger. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, and 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

.The bandage is of the usual cot shapethat is, like the finger of a glove-and the body portion can comprise the lower half 10 and the two quarter-pieces 11, which are fastened to the part 10, as shown at 12, or the parts 10 and 11 can be a single piece or any number of pieces without affecting the principle of my invention.

The bandage is slit along its entire length upon the top or back, as shown at 13, and to these edges is attached a bellows fold or strip 14, preferably of softer material than the parts 10.and 11, and Fig. 3 shows the fold opened up to bring out the construction; but in practice it lies flat against the top of the bandage. By having the bandagefsplitZthe whole length the lacing-cord 16, presently described, can be made to cross near thefextremities of the bandage, thus securing easy adjustment, and, further, this arrangement removes all objectionable obstructions from the sides of the bandage.

A particularly important feature of the invention is, however, that the lacing-cord 16 extends through eyelets 15 and into the outer part of the fold 14, so that when the latter is squeezed up against the top of the bandage and the bandage placed upon the fingerthe material of the fold 14 will always be between the lacing and the finger. This makes the bandage particularly easy, and any one who has had a sore finger will appreciate the value of having this shield. It will be seen, therefore, that I provide a very perfect adjustment of the bandage and a very easy bandage for the wearer.

The lacing-cord 15 extends across the slit 13 of the bandage through the eyelets 15, and then the free ends are preferably knotted, as shown at 17, and can be tied around the wrist, as at 18.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A finger-bandage comprising a cot-like structure split along the back, a bellows fold attached at the edges of the slit or opening, and lying inside the bandage, and a lacing crossing the slit or opening, and with its inner palic'its held outside the material of the bellows 2. A finger-bandage comprising a cot split along the back for its entire length and having a piece of softer material than the body of the cot fastened in the slit to form a bellows fold, and a lacing secured to the cot near the tip and crossing the fold at a plurality of points, the said lacing being of a length to extend along the back of the hand and around the wrist.

BLAHOMRAF A. PAROUBEK.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM CLAAssEN, JOHN E MORAN.

Having thus fully described my invention, ,8 5 

